Last week, long-term unemployment compensation was ending. Why are Americans having trouble finding work and undocumented immigrants are finding jobs paying enough to afford living expenses and a car? Who are our elected officials representing?

I am not comfortable with the H-2B foreign worker visa program, yet The Sun reported a flattering, one-sided report on its expansion, giving credit to Sen. Barbara Mikulski for "cutting red tape" to once again rescue her major campaign donors in the landscaping and seafood industries ("Md. seafood...

I read with interest The Sun's article, "More school money sought" (Jan. 12). The article notes that the superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools is requesting an 8.7 percent increase in the school budget. In part, the increase is needed due to "an influx of children in need" and "to hire...

Maryland saw an influx of unaccompanied children from Central America this summer. Today, we have more than 3,000 of these kids. I'm glad Maryland is harboring, them but each has a sword of Damocles over his or her head ("Montgomery Co. is latest to limit immigration detainers," Oct. 7). As Customs...

It comes as no surprise that The Sun's editorial board has jumped on the anti-Donald Trump bandwagon trumpeting the usual racist label when they have no other legitimate counter argument ("The summer of hate," July 13). The editors obviously have not read nor comprehended the scope of the 1996...

There is something truly unsavory about targeting for deportation immigrant children — particularly those known by the shorthand of "dreamers" who were brought to this country at a young age by their parents — but that was the priority of House Republicans last week. Not all in the GOP went along,...

John Fritze and Luke Broadwater's article "Baltimore weighs in on immigration lawsuit" ("Jan. 24) does an excellent job of identifying some of the potential economic pros and cons of undocumented immigrants living in our communities. It discusses "a federal lawsuit that has divided state and local...

Democrats are telling Republicans to put the American people first and pass a clean Department of Homeland Security funding bill because Democratic senators will not accept anything other than a clean bill ("Congress OKs deal to avoid shutdown at Homeland Security," Feb. 27). Republicans say they...

Some thoughts on your editorial regarding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security budget while basking in climate cooling ("No time to make America less safe," Feb. 16). First, why is it OK for the Democrats to filibuster and not pay a price when the GOP would be blasted for the same technique?